FOR CENTURIES,
alchemists have sought to change base metals into gold. But the transmutation of metals
like lead into gold is symbolic of a higher and more noble alchemy -- the alchemy of
self-transformation.

SELF-TRANSFORMATION was the goal of the most spiritual of alchemists. They sought a way to
change the lead of negative human energy into the gold of divine energy, and some of them
achieved this by using the violet flame. But first, let's explore what the violet flame
is, what it does and how it works.

The violet flame (also called the violet fire) is a unique spiritual energy that can help
you in all areas of your life. It can heal emotional and physical problems, improve your
relationships, help you to grow spiritually, or just make life easier.

The flame is the essence of a unique spiritual light. Mystics of all ages have glimpsed a
spiritual spectrum behind the physical spectrum. Radiant colors, more pure
and rare than those found on earth, emanate from a brilliant, inner divine
light. Just as a ray of sunlight passing through a prism refracts into seven
colors, spiritual light splits into seven colors, or rays - each of which has
specific divine qualities. The violet flame comes forth from the violet ray, which has the
qualities of mercy, forgiveness, freedom and transmutation.

The color violet has long been associated with spirituality. Having the highest frequency
in the visible spectrum, violet is at the point of transition to the next octave of light.
To the ancients, this transcendental color was a spiritual rather than a physical
phenomenon.

Saints and adepts throughout the ages have known how to use the violet flame, but it was
only released to the public earlier this century by an Ascended Master called Saint
Germain. Ascended Masters are enlightened spiritual beings who once walked the earth like
you and me. They balanced their karma (paid their debts to life) and fulfilled their
reason for being. They then ascended, or reunited with God. You probably already know the
names of a few Ascended Masters - Jesus Christ, Gautama Buddha and Krishna.

While you can't go back in time, the violet flame has the power to erase, or transmute the
cause, the effect, and even the memory of our past mistakes. Transmutation means to change
- to alter in form, appearance or nature. The violet flame changes negative energy into
positive energy, darkness into light, "fate" into opportunity. The flame also
erases the resultant bad karma of our mistakes.

Our past actions - both good and bad - do come back to us. This is the law of karma.
This impersonal cosmic law decrees that whatever we do comes full circle to our doorstep
for resolution; simply, what goes around comes around.

In general, most people must pay their debt to life, or balance their karma,
by selflessly reaching out and helping others, by working through misfortunes that come
their way, or by passing through diseases or other forms of personal suffering. But it
need not be so with the violet flame! The violet flame is able to transmute or mitigate
our negative karma before it comes back to us.

On the physical level, the violet flame can help heal our bodies by removing the karma
that makes us vulnerable to illness and disease. But the real cause of disease is often
rooted in our mental, emotional and spiritual states.

Today, we are discovering more and more about how our thoughts and emotions can affect our
health. Research has shown that hatred and other negative thoughts and feelings actually
create excess amounts of acid in the body that it cannot assimilate. These negative
thoughts and feelings often originate in emotional and psychological problems, which the
violet flame can help to resolve. The scars of old hurts and painful memories may be
healed and dissolved when the healing balm of the violet flame is applied.

The violet flame works by changing
"vibrations". In physics, vibration is the speed of oscillation
- the speed at
which something moves back and forth. On the atomic level, vibration can be understood to
be the speed at which electrons orbit around the nucleus of the atom. The violet flame
works by changing vibrations on this level.

Atoms are mostly empty space. The empty space between the nucleus and the electrons is
where negative energy and karma can become stuck. When the atoms in our bodies and auras
become clogged with this negativity, the electrons whirl slower and slower, and we begin
to resonate more with negativity, and less with light - we have a lower vibration, and
become less spiritual.

The violet flame transmutes this negative energy. It does not simply surround and remove
the energy, but transforms it into light. Because there is less density within the atom,
the electrons whirl faster and faster, thereby raising your vibration.

When you have a higher vibration, there is more spiritual energy in your body.
Acupuncturists and yogis know that optimum health comes when this spiritual energy flows
freely throughout the body. The violet flame frees up this energy and re-establishes
harmony and equilibrium, propelling you into a more spiritual state of being.

The violet flame is a tool of
self-transformation. Physical experiments in alchemy whereby base metals are transformed
into gold are symbolic of what the violet flame does.

In medieval times, alchemists attempted to transmute base metals into gold, using heat to
separate the "subtle" from the "gross". While there have always been
alchemists who sought to create wealth by transmuting base metals, this process of
transmutation is symbolic of a higher and more noble alchemy - the alchemy of
self-transformation.

Alchemists of the Spirit did not seek physical wealth, but spiritual wealth. They sought
to transform themselves into more spiritual beings, by becoming more loving, wise and
compassionate. The violet flame has the capacity to bring about this transformation by
transmuting negative elements within ourselves. It has the unique ability to transform
fear into courage, anxiety into peace and hatred into love.

Alchemists of all ages have sought the mystical philosophers' stone. Early alchemists
pored over minutely ciphered texts in search of this stone. For them, it was worth a
lifetime to decode the mystery of this "stone" which symbolized the
transmutation of the lower animal nature into the highest and divine. The coveted
philosophers' stone - "the stone which is no stone" - was not physical, but
spiritual, and created out of fire.

Some alchemists did discover the secret of the violet flame. According to Neoplatonist
alchemists, the philosophers' stone was a self-transforming fire that would lead their
souls upward, by drawing up to the Spirit all qualities which dragged downward and opposed
the spiritual essences. In the process, the "hard and refractory materials" in
their bodies would be transmuted into a rare and more luminous material. In this sacred
experiment, they said the alchemist would become "like the gods", pursuing
"the gold of the wise and not the vulgar metal".

Transmutation, then, was not just a process which turned base metals into gold, but a
spiritual process which raised the soul into a state of unity with the Divine.

It is often a good idea to call for spiritual protection before invoking the violet flame. Then find a place where you won't be disturbed, and sit comfortably in a straight chair with
your spine and head erect, legs and arms uncrossed and feet flat on the floor. Rest your
hands on your upper legs, with palms facing upwards.

The violet flame is invoked through "decreeing" - a unique form of spoken
prayer utilizing visualization and meditation. One of the simplest decrees to the violet
flame is: "I AM a being of violet fire! I AM the purity God desires!" Take a
few, slow deep breaths and center in your heart. Start out slowly, giving the decree with
love, devotion and feeling. Repeat the decree three or nine times to begin with; you can
gradually increase this to 36, 72 or even 144 repetitions. Repeating the decree
strengthens its power and draws down more light.

Once you are familiar with the decree, you can close your eyes while giving it and
concentrate on visualizing the violet flame. See yourself before a large bonfire, about
nine feet high and six feet wide. Color it violet in your imagination, and see the flames
pulsating and undulating in endless shades of violet with gradations of purple and pink.
Then see yourself stepping into the flame, so the violet flame is where you physically
are. See your body as transparent, with the flames curling up from beneath your feet,
passing through and around your body, clear up over your head.

Often the words of a
violet flame decree invoke ideas for other violet flame visualizations -
decreeing is meant to be fun so be creative and use your imagination!

To those who have developed their spiritual sight, the violet flame appears as a physical
violet fire. You may also be able to "see" the violet flame at work with your
inner eye, by concentrating on the spiritual center between your eyebrows.

You can also use the violet flame to help family and friends. Just visualize
the violet
flame around them while you give the decree, and add a prayer before you start. The violet
flame can also help others that you might not be aware of. After you have finished
decreeing, you can ask: "In the name of the Christ within me, I ask that this violet
flame be multiplied and used to assist all souls on this planet who are in need. I thank
you and accept it done according to the will of God."

Even a few minutes of violet flame will produce results, but persistence is needed to
penetrate age-old habits you would like to change. You can start out with just a few
minutes of violet flame in the morning to help you through the day, and you can add the
violet flame to whatever prayers or meditations you currently practice.

"Well, I think a lot clearer. I feel lighter. I'm a lot more sensitive to vibrations.
And I feel the movement of light almost physically rather than just at subtle
levels."

"My relations with people are lighter and more smooth. I don't have that sense of
friction."

"At one time I was heavy on drugs and I knew I'd gone too far. The violet flame has
cleared up my memory so that now I can think clearly and creatively."

"It gives me emotional control and the ability to be more sensitive to the thoughts
of God."

"The violet flame
is amazing. It's opened up so many creative areas of my life. It's a
science and a great gift from God. It has revolutionized my life in so
many ways. It has allowed me to realize the real potential of my soul, by
bringing me closer to God and my personal mission. On more than one
occasion the violet flame has healed me of illnesses that have afflicted
my body, especially chronic back problems."

"As a surgeon for
10 years, I am humbled by learning
about this science. Practicing this has brought amazing
results in my life and my medical practice."

You can use the violet flame and experience the healing, transformation and spiritual
upliftment that alchemists of the Spirit have sought for centuries. But if you want the
violet flame to help you, you have to work with it. Try it for yourself!

I AM the violet flame
In action in me now
I AM the violet flame
To Light alone I bow
I AM the violet flame
In mighty cosmic power
I AM the light of God
Shining every hour
I AM the violet flame
Blazing like a sun
I AM God's sacred power
Freeing every one

Breath of God inside each cell
I AM the violet flame
Pulsing out the cosmic time
I AM the violet flame
Energizing mind and heart
I AM the violet flame
Sustaining God's creation now
I AM the violet flame
With all love, With all love, With all love

Shimmering in a crystal cave
I AM the violet flame
Searching out all hidden pain
I AM the violet flame
Consuming cause and core of fear
I AM the violet flame
Revealing now the inner name
I AM the violet flame
With all peace, With all peace, With all peace

Flashing like a lightning bolt
I AM the violet flame
Stretching through the galaxies
I AM the violet flame
Connecting soul and Spirit now
I AM the violet flame
Raising you to cosmic heights
I AM the violet flame
With all power, With all power, With all power

O violet flame, come,
violet flame
Now blaze and blaze and blaze
O violet flame, come, violet flame
To raise and raise and raise
The earth and all thereon
The earth and all thereon
The earth and all thereon

O violet
flame, come, violet flame
Now blaze and blaze and blaze
O violet flame, come, violet flame
To raise and raise and raise
The plants and all God's creatures
The plants and all God's creatures
The plants and all God's creatures

O violet
flame, come, violet flame
Now blaze and blaze and blaze
O violet flame, come, violet flame
To raise and raise and raise
The air, the sea, the land
The air, the sea, the land
The air, the sea, the land